The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-12-15

up 1tnln IeW steps. ~ IN d ar, eZ
soon's,he seed Charley comm, r'ared
up on his hind legs n come a prancin'
t meet him. N begun t humble sum-
thin ct sounded like Yum, yum.
yum. When the schoolma' am seed
all thet n hecrd tn bar a-gittin'
ready t eat him up she got her voice
mighty sudden N screeched out: oh,
Mr.. San; oh. Charley. he'll kill you!
Come back. please dor But Charley
he only smiled like N shook his head
n marched right square up t. tn bar
n hit him chug 18th his bare fist thet
ez like mule a-k:ckin'.
81 bet you never see rich a fight in
all yer born dayssez Charley Sanders
he'd 18th thet bar on tn mountain
road, middle o tn night, right on tn
aidge O. thet deep canyon, 18th nothin'
but his two fists-'n his purity little
sweetheart a-sittin' up'n tree a-look-
in on! l recken they never wuz a
more surprised bar in all Big Mount in.
He Jest stood n looked ct Charley ez
eff he uz dredful disappointed bout
sumthin'. N thet Civ Charley good
chance. n he pasted him another big
lick. Then tn bar seemed t git mad
like, n he begun reachin' fer Charley.
Thet's tn way they he'd it Charley
KEEP a-dodgin' round on his pins
mighty spry. N tn bard foller i'm
up n like ez not hand i'm one, N
Charley he'd cume back at i'm, alters
takin' powerful good keer t keep
from bein' hugged. Onct tn bar Civ
i'm square knock-down, but Char
ley's up quicker'n wink. They tromped
round over considerable ground N
both NV 'em seemed t be gittin' tired
like n real mad N when tn gal in
tn tree seed thet she just up n hol-
lered: 'Oh. Charley, you better run!
he'll kill you. shore!' N jest then
Charley watched his chance N hit tn
bar powerful jolt'n sorter Civ a run
min jump aginst him ct tn same time
tibet jest toppled him plum over tn
aidge o tn road n sent him a-rOllin'
N a-tumblin' down into tn canyon.
an they cd hear him joltin' down
there 'mongst tn rocks an bushes. N
gittin' furder away from 'em all tn
time.
Charley walked back t TIL tree
putin m a-blOwin' His shirt-sleeveS
uz all in tatters where tn bars claws
nd hit 'em, N he he'd scratch er two
on his face from tn same source. where
tn blood he'd run down, maxim him
look ruther streaked to be a bOwin'
purity gal home. N when tn school,
ma am saw him she slid down tn tree
quicker, n come up t him 18th eyes
N not sayin' a dern word n
begun t. wipe tn blood off his face 18th
her little tienty handkerchief, a-trem-
bin all tn time like sh'd got tn ager
l reckon Charley seen suthiu' in them
brown eyes mighty pleasant N like
wise encouragin', fer he Civ one look
N then jest put his arm round her II
kissed her smack in tn mouth. An
hour afore he wouldn't hev done that
for tn hull State. N she'd slapped
his face eff he had. But now she never
winked; fact is, breve. she Civ him ez
good ez he sent. 1t didn't take min
nit t fix Charley up agin, N then he
sed, seein' tn bar might take notion
t. climb up agin, n eff he did he
wouldn't be pleasant company, they'd
better be a-goin'. n they started down
tn trail purity lively. Not so lively.
though, but what Charley managed t.
git his arm round her waist t keep her
from fallin'. N they did make bout
ez handsum a merried couple two
weeks from then ez ever seer'
ventured to observe that Charley
deserved pretty bride for his gallant
fight against such odds, whereupon the
old man chuckled.
'.Do, do ye? Well. I reckon he did
on gener'l principles, fer he uz
mighty likely feller. But, ez fer thet
fight, it uz a dern fraud Ye see this
uz tn way Nv it: Bout year afore
podner'd ketched cub bar,
n KEEP it n made pet NV it. Char
ley'd played 18th it a thousand times;
learned it t. box n rassle, n them
tricks Day er two afore tn dance
they'd fetched it over t. tn Flat t sell
t Frisco man what wuz comm on
TIL stage. He didn't come ez soon s
they expected. n tn bar got awful
hungry, coz nobody fed i'm reg'lar.
Reckon he uz sorter homesick, too,
fer he broke his chain some time that
night n started up tn mountain.
thet uz tn way home. When
seed him he knowed what it
wuz t onct, n hearin' tn schoolma' am
talkin' bout heroes n admirin' Nv 'em,
made i'm think he'd play hero n
see eff tn gal did think emmy thing
NV i'm.
"The bar uz ez peaceful n playful
ez a kitten, n he'd a muzzle on beside.
N all their fightin' waz' fraud, least
ways till Charley hit so hard it riled tn
b arm he used his claws n tried t
hug. He'd riz up when he'd seed
coz he uz glad to meet a
friend. n thought he'd git fed. N
when Charley knocked i'm over tn
bank he thought ez tn bar uz fat he
wouldn't come t. much harm a-rollin'
down. N he didn't. After Charley'd |
got his gal home N kissed her good
night like he uz allars used t. it, he |
went back up tn canyon after tn bar
N found m n fetched i'm back, IN
next day he uz sold N took away, N
nobody knowed emmy better till Char